DOUG SHANNON caricature artist

Event Entertainment and Gift Illustration for San Francisco Bay Area and Beyond.

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Archives for the ‘TRADESHOW’ Category

Holiday Party / Woodside

By dougshannon • Dec 20th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, Birthday Parties, EVENT, Grad Nights, LIVE DIGITAL, TRADESHOW, Uncategorized, Up Close and Personal, teen

The Harmans have me every year for their huge, amazing gathering of family and friends, to draw digital caricatures for the kids and teens mostly, with an occasional Santa. Subjects can download jpegs of their caricatures at this link.



Trade Show / San Francisco

By dougshannon • Dec 17th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, LIVE DIGITAL, TRADESHOW, Trade Shows, Uncategorized, teen

Falcon Electric had me at their Moscone booth for a day of the ASCB show to boost traffic with my live digital caricatures. As you can see by the photos in the slideshow, mission accomplished. Subjects can download soft copies of their caricatures HERE.



Conference Mixer / San Francisco

By dougshannon • Nov 19th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, EVENT, LIVE DIGITAL, Recent Event, TRADESHOW

Adobe took over the fabulous new DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park, and Velocity Circus hired me to draw live digital caricatures for the evening…



Conference / San Francisco

By dougshannon • Nov 11th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, EVENT, LIVE DIGITAL, TRADESHOW

Kace hired me to entertain their guests at the Pier 39 Aquarium on Monday night and things went so well that they had me back for Tuesday lunch. This was an IT crowd, mostly guys, and they are my favorite live digital caricature subjects.



Trade Show/ Chicago

By dougshannon • Oct 17th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, EVENT, LIVE DIGITAL, Live Digital, Recent Event, TRADESHOW

Workforce Software hired me to help draw a crowd at the Human Resource Show at McCormick Center this week. My first visit to Chicago…



Trade Show Digital Caricature / Boston

By dougshannon • Oct 7th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, EVENT, LIVE DIGITAL, TRADESHOW

Last May Anthony V. DeMarino of UMB Asset Management wrote me, “I will definitely recommend that we use your services again in the future.”
And they did! Here UMB Scout funds had me drawing live digital caricatures at their booth during the Financial Planners Association convention in Boston. It was interesting timing, what with the market [...]



Trade Show Digital Caricature / San Francisco

By dougshannon • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, LIVE DIGITAL, TRADESHOW

“Thanks again!” Linda Ehlen, Zanett Commercial Solutions
Oracle took over Moscone—and half the city—for this mega trade show. Zanett has hired me for after hours events at past shows, but this year they invited me to help entertain clients by drawing digital caricatures at their booth. I created four custom templates for the caricatures featuring Oracle’s [...]



Trade Show Mixer / San Francisco

By dougshannon • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, EVENT, TRADESHOW

Zanett hosted an after hours event
at the DUCCA lounge and I drew
caricatures for them and their guests.
This one is a hot yoga enthusiast,
which sounds pretty cool.



Trade Show Mixer Caricature / San Francisco

By dougshannon • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, Company Event, EVENT, TRADESHOW

This large event at the Hilton was marvel comics themed so everyone got a superhero body, like the “Hulk” pictured here. With a couple thousand in attendance the lines were too long for drawing much detail. These averaged about 2.5 minutes each.



Trade Show Mixer Caricature / Santa Clara

By dougshannon • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, Company Event, EVENT, TRADESHOW

This “Island” themed event was held poolside at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara. Here are a few of my favorite caricature subjects. You can see more at the client web site.